Septifer bilocularis is a marine bivalve species in the family Mytilidae, the mussels.[1]

Right and left valve of the same specimen:

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Septifer bilocularis
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Septifer bilocularis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Mytilida
Superfamily: Mytiloidea
Family: Mytilidae
Genus: Septifer
Species:
S. bilocularis
Binomial name
Septifer bilocularis
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
  • Modiola subtriangularis W. H. Turton, 1932 (junior synonym)
  • Mytilus bilocularis Linnaeus, 1758
  • Mytilus nicobaricus Röding, 1798
  • Mytilus septulifer Menke, 1830
  • Tichogonia bilocularis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Tichogonia kraussii Küster, 1841
  • Tichogonia wiegmannii Küster, 1841
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Distribution

Tropical Indo-Pacific.;[2] also in Australia.

References

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